No, not a joke, it's for real. Look here!
Not only do Mummies and Daddies make sure their children have packed their toothbrushes and teddy bears, iPods and televisions, they also
... [sleep] on the floor in halls of residence for several days to help their youngsters 'settle in' ...
In some universities it's got so bad that they have ...
... had to persuade 'helicopter' parents - who hover over their children's lives - to leave their sons or daughters so they can experience independent living.
So when they've reached the tender age of eighteen - adulthood - old enough to vote in a general election or go to Afghanistan and get killed - some Mummies and Daddies don't think their little darlings are old enough to go and live in a safe, supervised, hall of residence.
Or maybe the parents have forgotten how embarrassed they were of their own parents or maybe the parents themselves aren't mature enough to allow their own children to, well, to grow up and become adults.
Odd sort of country we live in, isn't it?
Or maybe the parents have forgotten how embarrassed they were of their own parents or maybe the parents themselves aren't mature enough to allow their own children to, well, to grow up and become adults.
Odd sort of country we live in, isn't it?
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